Interesting video of how a dog drinks water (Featuring malinois) - Page 1

 A friend sent me this link.  Before you watch it, how do you think a dog uses its tongue to lap up water?  The answer might surprise you:

http://www.petplace.com/dog-videos.aspx?p=90&utm_source=dogcrazynews001et&utm_medium=email&utm_content=petplace_article&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter

If nothing else, it's a cute Mali

Micky

That's really interesting, I have never seen a dog drinking water in slow motion. Very Cool to watch.

Deb

So that's why they get it all over the floor !!

AandA

That was really cool, thanks for that video

really interesting video; i would never have caught the "reverse" tongue action either. the only reason we get water on the floor at our house is because angus puts at least one of his front feet into the water bowl as he drinks! at least our other dog is neat and tidy . and yes, she is a very pretty and well trained mali.

My dog desn't like to waste time lapping it up, he sticks his face in and takes a bite full of water at a time. Needless to say I don't have a water dish in the house.

And cats do it the other way round... they curl their tongues forward to drink!

I use stainless buckets at my house.  I place the bucket inside a large ceramic planter so the girls can't tip it over.  Does not help w/the slobbering though!